“For today, thanks to recently discovered documents, the evidence shows that in the early days of their
accession to power, the Nazis in Germany set out to build a society in which there simply would be no room for Jews” (Wiesel 8).

“Did I write it so as not to go mad or, on the
contrary, to go mad in order to understand the nature of madness, the immense, terrifying madness that had erupted in history and in the conscience of mankind?” (Wiesel vii).

“He sang, or rather he chanted, and the few snatches I caught here and there spoke of divine suffering, of the Shekhinah in
Exile, where, according to Kabbalah, it awaits its redemption linked to that of man” (Wiesel 3).

“We spoke that way almost every evening, remaining in the synagogue long after all the
faithful had gone, sitting in the semi-darkness where only a few half-burnt candles provided a flickering light” (Wiesel 5).

“Did I write it so as not to go mad or, on the contrary, to go mad in
order to understand the nature of madness, the
immense, terrifying madness that had erupted in history and in the conscience of mankind?” (Wiesel vii).

“I only know that without this testimony, my life as a writer—or my life, period— would not have become what it is: that of a witness who believes he has a moral
obligation to try to prevent the enemy from enjoying one last victory by allowing his crimes to be erased from human memory” (Wiesel viii).

“Just as the past lingers in the present, all my writings after Night, including those that deal with biblical, Talmudic, or Hasidic themes,
profoundly bear its stamp, and cannot be understood if one has not read this very first of my works” (Weisel vii).

“Some
prominent members of the community came to consult with my father, who had connections at the upper levels of the Hungarian police;the wanted to know what he thought of the situation” (Weisel 11).